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Re: [PATCH] git-relink: avoid hard linking in objects/info directory

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RGRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 30, 2008, 08:08 UTC
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<b77c1dce0801300008r7c6c38f5i97ffd30d022d533b@mail.gmail.com>
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On 30/01/2008, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> The statement is trying to find directories whose names match
> /^[0-9a-f]{2}$/ (two hexdigits) or /^pack$/.
Ah, I see better now.
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> But I do agree that listing things to skip is a fragile approach
> than listing things you know are safe to relink.
>
> How about doing it this way instead?
>
>  git-relink.perl |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-relink.perl b/git-relink.perl
> index f6b4f6a..9101926 100755
> --- a/git-relink.perl
> +++ b/git-relink.perl
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ my $master_dir = pop @dirs;
>  opendir(D,$master_dir . "objects/")
>         or die "Failed to open $master_dir/objects/ : $!";
>
> -my @hashdirs = grep !/^\.{1,2}$/, readdir(D);
> +my @hashdirs = grep { ($_ eq 'pack') || /^[0-9a-f]{2}$/ } readdir(D);
Fine, except that one can factorize one step further:
    grep /^(pack|[0-9a-f]{2})$/, readdir(D);
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  1. git-relink: avoid hard linking in objects/info directoryBrandon Casey, Jan 29, 2008
  2. Rafael Garcia-SuarezJan 30, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2008
  4. Rafael Garcia-SuarezJan 30, 2008
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